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Daniel Jones carries Giants to first playoff win since 2011 in upset of Vikings
MINNEAPOLIS — Bring on the Eagles.
Daniel Jones threw for 301 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for a franchise-record 80. Saquon Barkley scored twice.
And the Giants' defense got a final possession stop on Kirk Cousins and the NFL's comeback kids to upset the Minnesota Vikings, 31-24, at U.S. Bank Stadium.
Sunday's victory, the franchise's first playoff game of any kind since 2016, marked the Giants' first playoff win since their 2011 Super Bowl season under Tom Coughlin.
Rookie coach Brian Daboll and the 6-seed Giants will visit the top-seeded Philadelphia Eagles next weekend in the NFC's divisional round.
They are 0-2 against their NFC East rival this season, losing 48-22 at home in Week 14 on Dec. 11 and falling 22-16 at Lincoln Financial Field in Week 18 on Jan. 8 with mostly backups playing against Philly's starters.
On Sunday, rookie safety Dane Belton, rookie corner Cor'Dale Flott and safety Xavier McKinney made the final three stops to turn the Vikings over on downs with 1:44 remaining.
Then three Jones kneel downs made it official.
Minnesota had gotten help from a ridiculous roughing the passer call on Dexter Lawrence to start the potential game-tying drive, but the defense didn't flinch.
Belton tackled Dalvin Cook. Flott broke up a pass for K.J. Osborn. And McKinney tackled T.J. Hockenson short of the sticks on fourth down.
The Giants had tried to end the game with their offense up seven. A Darius Slayton wide-open drop on 3rd and 16 with 3:03 to play forced them to punt the ball back.
But the defense had held the previous drive, thanks to stops from corner Darnay Holmes and Kayvon Thibodeaux on screen passes. And they did it once more to seal it. Rookie coach Kevin O'Connell's Vikings were out of timeouts.
It was the Giants' offense that blew Sunday's national audience away, though.
With the game tied at 24 apiece, Jones engineered a 12-play, 75-yard drive capped by Barkley's second TD of the game, a hard-nosed run up the gut from 2 yards out. That gave the Giants a 31-24 lead with 7:47 remaining.
The key plays were a 19-yard completion to Isaiah Hodgins and a 10-yard swing pass to Barkley with Kenny Golladay burying Vikings corner Duke Shelley into the turf to free Barkley outside.
Hodgins also drew a defensive holding call on Patrick Peterson to get the Giants within two yards of the goal line. The drive included a 2-yard Jones run on 4th and 1 from the Vikings' 7.
To open the second half, Jones and the Giants offense mounted a third TD drive in their first five possessions for a 24-14 lead with 11:37 to play in the third quarter.
Jones hit Barkley (24) and Isaiah (32) for huge completions to set up a 9-yard TD pass to tight end Daniel Bellinger.
But Cousins and the Vikings answered immediately with a 75-yard TD drive of their own, capped by a 3-yard Cousins TD pass to tight end Irv Smith.
Julian Love nearly intercepted Cousins on a pass intended for Jefferson broken up by Xaiver McKinney, but replay showed it had hit the ground.
Jamie Gillan's first punt of the game, with about 4 and a half minutes left in the third quarter, nearly resulted in the game's first turnover. Giants corner Nick McCloud jarred the ball loose from Vikings return man Jalen Reagor.
But Minnesota's Kris Boyd recovered. And the Vikes drove for a 38-yard Greg Joseph field goal to tie the game at 24 apiece with 12:34 left in the fourth quarter.
O'Connell's Vikings had to keep scoring, because the Giants offense was practically unstoppable.
Jones came out on fire and led the Giants to touchdowns on their first two drives, carrying them into halftime with a 17-14 lead.
He completed 12 of 16 passes for 143 yards and a 14-yard TD pass to Isaiah Hodgins. And he carried the ball 10 times for 71 yards, shattering the Giants' record for QB rushing yards in any entire playoff game.
Saquon Barkley's 28-yard untouched TD run on the Giants' first possession tied the game at seven apiece behind excellent blocks from left tackle Andrew Thomas, Hodgins and center Jon Feliciano.
That score provided an important answer to Minnesota's game-opening TD drive that was capped by a Cousins 1-yard run. And then Hodgins' TD gave the Giants a 14-7 lead with 1:03 to play in the first quarter.
The Giants' offensive stats through their first two drives were ridiculous: nine plays, seven first downs, 166 yards (100 passing, 66 rushing), 18.4 yards per play, two TDs, 14 points and one penalty.
With the defense settling down, the Giants then expanded their lead to 17-7 with 3:25 left in the first half on a 25-yard field goal. They did it with a 20-play, 85-yard drive that ate up 10 minutes and 52 seconds of game clock, their longest drive (by time) of the entire season, per FOX.
Daboll was furious, though, that a Daniel Bellinger illegal motion penalty had backed them up in the red zone and possibly cost them four points.
And Cousins tore up the Giants' defense for a 75-yard drive capped by a 9-yard TD pass to wideout K.J. Osborn with 45 seconds remaining before half.
Tight end T.J. Hockenson was the primary weapon on that important drive for Minnesota to narrow the Giants' lead to only three at half after Daboll elected to let the clock run out with bad field position and an unsuccessful first two play calls.
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Our street vendor cancer is beyond cure
Editor: If we want to understand the roots of our current street vendor dilemma, the place to start is the Kingstown Central Market.
Better known by its pejorative but appropriate nickname, "Mussolini's Tomb," it was constructed over many years using an obscene amount of concrete by the James F. Mitchell NDP government during the 1990s. Dark, dank, poorly laid out, and physically unappealing both inside and out, it is truly a monstrous national exemplar of the many foolish projects during the Mitchell regime that also included the scandal-ridden Ottley Hall marina and shipyard, the useless Kingstown traffic lights, the derelict Bequia airport, and the crime infested Little Tokyo rum shops.
How could a huge two-story complex like the Central Market (the second floor of which has always been nearly unoccupied) have ever been planned without lots of adjacent parking?
No wonder most ordinary vendors and shoppers avoid it like the plague.
The original spacious, well lit, and airy market building it replaced could easily have been upgraded for a few million dollars with the space occupied by the Tomb converted into an urban park or multi-story vehicle parkade.
Historically speaking, then, Sir James, not Ralph Gonsalves, is the patron saint of our current out of control street vending cancer.
But those who support informal street vending, including Jomo Thomas who has asserted in various media that there is an "… inalienable right of citizens to make a decent living, by utilizing their own mind and sweat" but fails to mention that such a living is necessarily circumscribed by the Constitution and its associated laws. That is why many ways of earning a living – prostitution, drug dealing, selling liquor without a license, hunting or fishing out of season, forced child labour, etc. – are prohibited by law.
Concerning "inalienable rights," Jomo Thomas says not a word about the illegal nature of this street trade or the fact that the government has both a moral and legal right to remove these informal sector vendors. Neither does he show any interest in the fact that the street vending of foodstuff and beer is not in the public interest when it is used as a front for the sale of illegal drugs like marijuana and cocaine, as is often the case.
Not only does the unsightly and unhygienic nature of this street trade not trouble its supporters, there is no awareness that our regional neighbours have long prohibited such unregulated activity based on its many adverse effects and laws like our own but because this street trade represents unfair competition with legal tax-generating businesses selling identical produce.
The people most physically inconvenienced and economically damaged by these vendors are not even our wealthy business owners. Rather it is mainly ordinary pedestrians forced off narrow sidewalks into dangerous roads and drains as well as potential workers in formal, tax-paying businesses, many of them young women eager for their first job, who are denied employment because of unfair competition from unlicensed and untaxed in-your-face vendors.
Not only raw farm produce and bottled drinks are sold by unregulated vendors. But Jomo Thomas' assertion that some vendors, "… depend on friends and family abroad to send basic foodstuff, personal hygiene products as well as clothing, which they spin into a small profit" obscures the fact that these products are all imported during the Christmas duty-free concession period, a government programme originally established to help poor people with their basic needs during the joyous holiday season.
But this concession has been corrupted by the import of more than the duty-free maximum by the same individuals using friends and relatives as a façade to obscure this illegal activity. Untaxed, the contents of these barrels are openly sold year-round by these retailers, many of them middle-class people selling the produce from the back of their expensive vehicles, to the detriment of legally established businesses and their vulnerable force of low-paid employees.
In short, "… [P]oor people trying to make a decent and honest living," as Jomo Thomas opines, is a parody of much of what is taking place on the streets of Kingstown and elsewhere.
As for his assertion that, "… to frequently assault the poor, send police to confiscate their products, beating and arresting some in the process are uncalled for and callous" wilfully misrepresents the fact that these "assaults" are very rare which is why this chaotic street trade has been allowed to fester and spread like a cancer over the past 30 plus years.
Alas, despite periodic and valiant government efforts to reduce its spread, like actual terminal cancer this social cancer is too far gone to cure.
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When it comes to sports performance, the world-renowned brand, Adidas, already has its fair share of accolades and accomplishments, not to mention that its shoe collections are highly ranked by various fitness enthusiast and professional athletes in 100, 000 shoe reviews. A pair of the best Adidas stability shoes is pretty versatile for a beginner and a comfortable choice for the advanced runner. Get a pair if pronation is getting on your nerves.
How can Adidas stability shoes benefit you?
If you are looking for better support, stability shoes have the right arch structure to promote a stable and responsive stride. You will not have to worry about balancing in low arches if the medial support is stability-focused.
Plush comfort is expected in the best Adidas stability shoes. Its cushioning may not be as thick and premium than those found in motion control pairs, but you can still enjoy a soft feel on the ground.
Protection is guaranteed in the best Adidas stability shoes. The midsole cushioning does not only provide comfort and stability; it also protects the underfoot from debris on the track or trail. Shock attenuation properties are also expected in moderate-features stability shoes.
Despite the lack of ground contact, Adidas stability shoes are still versatile. It is commonly used in recovery runs and high mileage runs. Trail stability shoes are also worn for trekking and hiking. In addition, flat-footed runners use them for casual wear.
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Never Ever Do This At Home, Especially If Teddy Wilson Is Involved!
Welcome back to You Decide!
We are please to include our exclusive interview conducted Friday, May 24th at 10:00 AM Pacific time, when we were honored to bring to you a fun chat with Teddy Wilson, host of Space Channel's very popular show, Innerspace! and the new hit series "Never Ever Do This At Home!"
Already airing to rave reviews on the Discovery Channel Canada, and premiering on May 28, 2013 on Spike TV in the United States, Never Ever Do This At Home is a fun program about everything you might want to try at home, but were afraid it would blow up your house!
The exciting new series, which has been green lit for thirteen episodes show stars a friend we have admired and worked with at conventions for years, Teddy Wilson and his partner in home destruction, Norm Sousa.
In each episode, the two dangerously under qualified hosts attempt to discover what would happen if they not only ignored the warning labels on common household products, but did the exact opposite!
As recently stated on the Discovery Channel web site, "don't most people – secretly – want to know what would happen if they ignored the safety warnings? "Why can't she garden with explosives, or heat tin cans directly on the stove? Why shouldn't he flood a second-floor room to test its threshold, or make moonshine in the garden shed?"
As Wilson and Sousa test these "nevers" and more, staging elaborate trials using conventional products, household appliances, volatile gases, and professional-grade explosives – essentially whatever they can get their hands on – they reveal the extreme dangers lurking behind commonplace warnings.
Never Ever Do This At Home also features a team of special effects and fire safety professionals, plus experts from various fields of demolition, chemistry, and radiation, to maximize the consequences – and keep Wilson and Sousa out of harm's way (most of the time…).
With 20 cameras capturing every angle – including highly-specialized "Phantom Cameras" that can record 2,650 frames per second for the ultimate in slow-motion replay — the series showcases the legitimate physics and chemistry behind the outrageous cause-and-effect consequences of Wilson and Sousa's experiments in stunning visual effects detail!
Never Ever Do This At Home is produced by Insight Productions, a company that has produced comedy, drama, specials, reality television, sports and game shows for over thirty years.
The production is in association with Discovery Channel Canada and Bell Media based on a format devised by Norwegian Broadcaster, NRK. Executive Producers are John Brunton and Barbara Bowlby. "These guys are going to throw common sense out the window and we couldn't be more thrilled", said John Brunton, "we're going to see their genuine reaction from these reckless experiments, and the only thing that we can safely predict is hilarity."
I can already tell viewers that my adult sons love this show. As a mother, I can only hope that Teddy and Norm keep their eyebrows until the series ends!
Thanks to Kenn for video embedding and final staging of this news article, and many thanks to you for stopping by WormholeRiders News Agency! We look forward to seeing you for our exclusive interview with Teddy Wilson this Friday at 1:00 PM Eastern and 10:00AM Pacific!
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Hello Teddy!
We are honored to be interviewing you tomorrow on a special edition of WHR You Decide about your great new program "Never Ever Do This At Home"!
Looking forward to the interview and the premiere on Spike TV on May 28!
Good morning Patricia,
Thank you for the nice article about our special edition of WHR You Decide Friday with Teddy Wilson! Looking forward to the program on Spike TV here in the USA and the interview tomorrow!
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Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz welcome a baby girl
Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz welcome a baby girl. [Images: Weisz - Georges Biard/Craig - Caroline Bonarde Ucci/Wikimedia\
The James Bond star and his actress wife are very happy to welcome a new daughter into the world.
by Anne Sewell (article and video)
1 September 2018 22:38 Sat 01 Sep 2018 22:38:52 BST
Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz have a brand-new daughter - Video
Rachel Weisz, 48, opened up about her pregnancy in an interview with the New York Times in April. Now she and husband Daniel Craig, 50, are proud to announce the arrival of their daughter – and first child together. The couple married in 2011 and both have children from former relationships.
The James Bond actor has a daughter, Ella, 26, with his former wife, Fiona London, who is an actress. Weisz has a 12-year-old son Henry, shared with her former fiancé, Darren Aronofsky. Aronofsky is a Film director, who directed The Wrestler and Black Swan.
Craig and Weisz 'very happy' with their new baby daughter
According to friends of Daniel Craig, both parties are "very happy" about the birth of their daughter. When Rachel – who starred in The Mummy and The Constant Gardener – shared the news in the April interview, she said she and Craig were very happy that they were going to have a "little human." As reported by the Independent, she added that they couldn't wait to meet him or her, adding that it was all a mystery.
Baby Bond: #rachelweisz and @007 actor #DanielCraig are the proud parents of a baby girl. They're said to be in Oh,Oh Heaven. pic.twitter.com/r2jIeitbYl
— Baz Bamigboye (@BazBam) August 31, 2018
The New York Times journalist had asked Weisz the secret to her "glowing" complexion, to which Rachel replied, saying she was pregnant adding that she would be "showing soon." When asked about her relationship with Craig, Rachel said she was very happy to be married.
The pair divide their time together between their London and New York homes.
When Rachel was interviewed the year after getting married, she was asked if she was thinking of having another child. At the time she said she was "pretty content," and wasn't planning on it, but added, "Never say never."
Dad returning to 007 set
Meanwhile, Daniel Craig is getting ready to play his 007 role again in the 25th James Bond film.
Filming has been delayed due to the departure of director Danny Boyle, who left over "creative differences." As previously reported, there was talk of killing off James Bond at the end of the film and then having a Dr Who regeneration with a new actor in the next film. Boyle thought the whole idea was "ridiculous."
Rachel Weisz welcomes first child with Daniel Craig aged 48 https://t.co/pORKaS8dE3 pic.twitter.com/DIOV9fIjrq
— Mirror Celeb (@MirrorCeleb) September 1, 2018
With Craig playing 007 for the last time, he will likely have more time to spend with his newly-increased family.
Growing number of women having a baby in their forties
As reported by the Telegraph, with Rachel being 48, she is one of a growing number of forty-plus-year-olds having babies. According to figures produced by the Office for National Statistics, that age group is the only one that currently has an increased pregnancy rate in both England and Wales.
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Marathon Oil (NYSE: MRO) easily overcame the headwind of Hurricane Harvey during the third quarter to post better than expected production and financial results. The company did so by delivering strong results across its four U.S. resource plays as well as keeping a lid on costs.
Those drilling results put the company on pace to exceed its already lofty expectations for 2017, which led it to raise its full-year guidance. Even more remarkable, the company anticipates it will achieve that accelerated growth rate and pay its dividend while living within expected cash flow. That puts the company into an elite group of oil companies that are thriving in the current market environment.
Like many rivals, Marathon Oil suspended operations across its entire Eagle Ford Shale position in south Texas ahead of Hurricane Harvey, shutting down 1,500 wells in the process. However, the company quickly ramped back up after the storm passed, so it barely skipped a beat. Because of that, its production in the play was up slightly from the second quarter, thanks in part to strong drilling results.
In addition to that, it delivered excellent drilling results in the Bakken Shale of North Dakota and its Oklahoma's resource plays, where output was up 20% and 18%, respectively, from the second quarter. Meanwhile, results in its new Delaware Basin position in New Mexico were also solid. Those factors helped push Marathon's third-quarter production 3.1% above the high end of its guidance range.
That operational prowess, when combined with an 8% decline in production costs, enabled Marathon to report a narrower loss than analysts anticipated. However, don't let that loss fool you. The company generated a gusher of cash flow during the quarter, with net operating cash flow coming in at $564 million, which fully funded capital expenses with about $35 million to spare.
Marathon's strong results position it to end the year producing 25% to 30% more oil and gas from its U.S. resource plays than it was at the end of 2016. That's an increase from last quarter's guidance range that output would be up 23% to 27% by year end, and well above its initial expectations for 20% to 25% production growth.
Further, Marathon can achieve that growth while only spending $2.1 billion, which is down from its initial $2.4 billion budget. At that spending rate, the company estimates it can live within cash flow this year even after paying its dividend, which is a remarkable achievement considering that oil has been weaker than anticipated for much of the year.
That ability to grow at a rapid rate within cash flow puts Marathon in an elite class of oil companies. One of those elite peers is Concho Resources (NYSE: CXO), which is on pace to boost its oil output 27% this year despite keeping its spending level below operating cash flow. In fact, Concho Resources has generated $440 million in free cash flow over the past two years, even with the wild swings in crude prices.
One of the reasons Concho and Marathon can grow at such rapid rates within cash flow is that both control top-tier shale positions, which enables them to get more oil and gas out of the ground for less money. Further, both have done an excellent job of pushing down costs so they can squeeze out more cash flow. Because of that, both will continue to thrive even if crude doesn't go any higher.
Marathon Oil's third-quarter results show that the company's transformation plan is paying off. It now has the right resources in place to thrive in current market conditions, evidenced by its plan to deliver a 10% to 12% compound annual production growth rate through 2021 while living within cash flow as long as crude is in the low $50s.
However, for whatever reason, the market has yet to catch on to the fact that Marathon is quickly becoming an elite-level oil stock since shares are inexplicably down more than 15% this year despite flat oil prices. At some point, the market will realize that's a mistake and reward Marathon with the higher stock price it deserves.
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THE National Film and Sound Archive's 2013 Scholar in Residence, Dr Ian Cook, will be presenting some of his findings tomorrow under the heading, "Charles Mackerras and his infinite gift to Mozart Scholars: A critical analysis of Australian recordings in the NFSA spanning the 20th century".
Dr Cook's project examines the significance of the historically informed performance practice movement of the late 20th century in how it influenced performances of Mozart in Australia with a special focus on one of our most distinguished conductor/musicians, the late Sir Charles Mackerras.
In looking at the data base of NFSA, he has found significant material that covers a broad timeframe of Mozart performances between 1906 to the present.
In addition, there are many examples of the late Mackerras' orchestral performances in the NFSA.
Dr Cook has conducted a number of operas by Mozart including "The Magic Flute", "The Marriage of Figaro", "Don Giovanni" and "Cosi fan tutte". Historically informed performance was the strong focus for the preparation of these operas.
Scholar-in-Residence Ian Cook, large Meeting Room at the National Film and sound archive, McCoy Cct Acton, Tuesday July 30, 1-2pm. Come to the Reception Desk by 12.50pm.


I set up a coupon code with no discount but the "Req'd" box checked for a specific time frame over Christmas. I did this because I want potential guests who want to book over those days to be prevented from doing so without contacting me first but every time I test the feature by selecting some or all of those dates covered by the coupon code and don't put in the code Bookerville gives me a quote and asks me if I want to proceed to booking. I thought it would not let me proceed until I entered the correct coupon code for those dates. Maybe I misunderstood what effect checking the "Req'd" box has.
Hi Michael - were you signed in as the account owner at the time?
Yes I was. Does that negate the effect of the checked box?
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Trigonoptera olivacea is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1908. It is known from Papua New Guinea.

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Beetles described in 1908

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Q: Convert and save date with spring mvc I have in spring a form with date when I enter the data in field date with datepicker and I give you save receipt the date format as follows E MMM dd HH: mm: ss Z yyyy example Mon Jun 18 00:00:00 IST 2012 The tranformo with
         SimpleDateFormat formDate = new SimpleDateFormat ("dd/MM/yyyy");
         String birthday = formDate.format (emp.getBirthday ());

Returns a string if I then do
         Emp.setBirthday (formDate.parse (birthday));

I will return it E MMM dd HH: mm: ss Z yyyy and I need it in Date dd/MM/YYYY format to save it in the database
I have the class entity employed
public class Employees  implements java.io.Serializable {
 private int employeeId;
 private String firstName;
 private String lastName;
 private Date birthday;

//getter and setter

}

and controller
@RequestMapping(value = {"/new"}, method = RequestMethod.POST)
    public String save(ModelMap modelMap, @ModelAttribute("emp") Employees emp, BindingResult result) {
            SimpleDateFormat formaDate = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
            String birthday = formaDate.format(emp.getBirthday());

            emp.setBirthday(formaDate.parse(birthday));

            employeesServices.saveRecord(emp);
}

To save gives me the following error

Value greater than specified precision allowed for this column

I am new enspring mvc
Translated with google translate

A: I am assuming that your birthday field is of java.util.Date type.
Then according to the JPA specification it must be annotated with a @Temporal.

This annotation must be specified for persistent fields or properties
  of type java.util.Date and java.util.Calendar. It may only be
  specified for fields or properties of these types. The Temporal
  annotation may be used in conjunction with the Basic annotation, the
  Id annotation, or the ElementCollection annotation (when the element
  collection value is of such a temporal type.

As you want to cut the time from your date you should:
1) use java.sql.Date as your type
private java.sql.Date birthday;

2) or add this annotation:
@Temporal(TemporalType.DATE)
private Date birthday;

Here is the snipped from the documentation for further info:

In plain Java APIs, the temporal precision of time is not defined.
  When dealing with temporal data you might want to describe the
  expected precision in database. Temporal data can have DATE, TIME, or
  TIMESTAMP precision (ie the actual date, only the time, or both). Use
  the @Temporal annotation to fine tune that.

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Q: Error while running TestNG tests using Maven I am observing the following error: Cannot find class in classpath:name of class test,
while i am trying to run the test using Maven project.

A: First check You have java installed in your system by command prompt by typing javac.
If its installed then you need to add your class path in your IDE if you are using Eclipse then Preferences>>Java>>Installed JREs>> then edit location to your jdk.

A: Whats the version of your Eclipse TestNG Plugin ? and whats the version of TestNG dependency you added in your project?
I have faced similar error where my TestNG Eclipse plugin was 7.9.10 but i was trying to use latest TestNG version 7.11 in pom.xml.
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The Role of the Federal Government in MSCCCurrently selected
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HHS Concept of Operations for ESF #8
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MSCC Handbook
Medical Surge Capacity and Capability Handbook
Chapter 1: Overview of MSCC, Emergency Management and the Incident Command System
Chapter 2: Management of Individual Healthcare Assets (Tier 1)
Chapter 3: Management of the Healthcare Coalition (Tier 2)
Chapter 4: Jurisdiction Incident Management (Tier 3)
Chapter 5: Management of State Response and Coordination of Intrastate Jurisdictions (Tier 4)
Chapter 6: Interstate Regional Management Coordination (Tier 5)
Chapter 7: Federal Support to State, Tribal, and Jurisdiction Management (Tier 6)
Chapter 8: Implementation, Training, and System Evaluation
Appendix A: MSCC Management System Assumptions
Appendix B: Incident Command System Primer for Public Health and Medical Professionals
Appendix C: What Is an Incident Action Plan?
Appendix E: List of Acronyms
Appendix F: Additional Readings
The Role of the Federal Government in MSCC
Should incident needs severely challenge or exceed State, Tribal, and jurisdictional response capabilities, Federal resources may be called on to provide additional surge capacity and capability. When this occurs, Federal agencies and resources function in support of State, Tribal, and jurisdictional response efforts. When catastrophic events overwhelm State, Tribal, and jurisdictional response capabilities, Federal resources can be mobilized in advance of a formal request for assistance per the Catastrophic Incident Annex of the NRP; however, the proactive deployment of these resources is closely coordinated with affected State, Tribal, or local authorities.
The authority for Federal public health and medical response may come from a Presidential declaration of a major disaster or emergency (commonly known as a Stafford Act declaration), a declaration of an Incident of National Significance by the DHS Secretary, at the request of another Federal department or agency, or under the Public Health Service Act.
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: At the request of the Governor of an affected State, the President may declare a major disaster or emergency if an event is beyond the combined response capabilities of the State, Tribal, and jurisdictional governments. Among other things, this declaration allows Federal assistance to be mobilized and directed in support of State, Tribal, and jurisdictional response efforts. Under the Stafford Act, the President can also declare an emergency without a Gubernatorial request if primary responsibility for response rests with the Federal Government because the emergency involves a subject area for which the United States exercises exclusive responsibility and authority.
Incident of National Significance: The DHS Secretary, in consultation with other Federal departments and agencies, and the White House, as appropriate, may declare an Incident of National Significance.[5] With this declaration, the Secretary of DHS implements any or all of the applicable coordinating structures and processes described within the NRP, as required by the incident.
Public Health Service Act: The Secretary of HHS has the independent authority under section 319 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act, as amended, to declare a public health emergency. Following a section 319 declaration, the Secretary can, among other things, take appropriate actions in response to the emergency, such as conducting and supporting investigations into the cause, treatment, or prevention of the disease or disorder. The Secretary can also waive certain Medicare and Medicaid requirements to ensure sufficient health care items and resources are available to individuals enrolled in Social Security Act programs. The Secretary may use his/her discretion in determining whether an event is of sufficient severity or magnitude to warrant such a declaration. The Secretary has other authorities under the PHS Act that can be exercised independent of a declaration. The Secretary can make and enforce regulations to prevent the introduction, transmission, or spread of communicable diseases into the U.S., or from one State or possession to another; deploy personnel from the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS) Commissioned Corps in support of public health and medical operations; provide public health and medical services; and provide for the licensure of biological products.
Federal public health and medical assistance consists of medical materiel, personnel, and technical assistance. These resources may provide response capability for the triage, treatment, and transportation of victims or persons with special medical needs; evacuation of patients; infection control; mental health screening and counseling; environmental health services; and other emergency response needs. Below is an example of the full range of support available through ESF #8. A variety of Federal public health and medical assets may be provided, including the following:
USPHS Commissioned Corps
National Disaster Medical System (NDMS)
Strategic National Stockpile (SNS)
Federal Medical Stations (FMSs)
Assets from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the Department of Defense (DoD), and other Federal assets.
ESF #8 involves supplemental assistance to State, Tribal, and jurisdictional governments in identifying and meeting the public health and medical needs of victims of major disasters or public health emergencies. This support is categorized in the following functional areas:
Assessment of public health/medical needs
Public health surveillance
Medical care personnel
Patient movement
Victim decontamination
Safety and security of human drugs, biologics, medical devices, veterinary drugs, etc.
Blood products and services
Food safety and security
Agriculture feed safety and security
All hazard consultation and technical assistance and support
Mental health and substance abuse care
Public health and medical information
Potable water/wastewater and solid waste disposal, and other environmental health issues
Victim identification/mortuary services
Veterinary services.
In addition, the Federal Government may temporarily waive or modify certain normal requirements of Federal programs during a national emergency or disaster that is also a public health emergency to facilitate the delivery of public health and medical assistance. For example, Section 1135 of the Social Security Act authorizes the Secretary of HHS to temporarily waive or modify normal operating requirements of Medicare, Medicaid, or the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) during a national emergency or disaster declared by the President that is also a public health emergency declared by the HHS Secretary (see below). This action ensures that affected healthcare providers who are unable to comply with certain Federal requirements because of a national emergency or disaster that is also a public health emergency, but who operate in good faith, are given sufficient flexibilities to continue providing services to beneficiaries and receive reimbursement for those services.
Waiving Healthcare Requirements in Hurricane Katrina
One way the Federal Government facilitates the delivery of medical care and public health services during a major emergency or disaster is by temporarily waiving or modifying normal operating requirements of Federal programs. For example, during the response to Hurricane Katrina, the Secretary of HHS, pursuant to Section 1135 of the Social Security Act, waived the following requirements: (Department of Health and Human Services, Waiver Under Section 1135 of the Social Security Act, September4, 2005)
Certain conditions of participation, certification requirements, program participation or similar requirements, or pre-approval requirements for individual healthcare providers or types of healthcare providers, including, as applicable, a hospital or other provider of services, a physician or other healthcare practitioner or professional, a healthcare facility, or a supplier of healthcare items or services
The requirement that physicians and other healthcare professionals hold licenses in the State in which they provide services, if they have a license from another State (and are not affirmatively barred from practice in that State or any State in the emergency area)
Sanctions under Section 1867 of the Act (the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, or EMTALA) for the redirection of an individual to another location to receive a medical screening examination pursuant to a state emergency preparedness plan or transfer of an individual who has not been stabilized if the redirection or transfer arises out of hurricane-related emergency circumstances
Limitations on payments under Section 1851(i) of the Act to permit Medicare Advantage enrollees to use out-of-network providers in an emergency situation
Sanctions and penalties arising from noncompliance with the following provisions of the HIPAA privacy regulations:
The requirements to obtain a patient's agreement to speak with family members or friends or to honor a patient's request to opt out of the facility directory
The requirement to distribute a notice of privacy practices
The patient's right to request privacy restrictions or confidential communications.
The 1135 waiver typically ends with the termination of the emergency period, or 60 days from the date the waiver is first published unless the Secretary of HHS extends the waiver by notice for additional periods of up to 60 days. During Katrina, waivers for EMTALA and HIPAA requirements were in effect for a period not to exceed 72 hours from implementation of a hospital disaster protocol. The 1135 waiver applies only to Federal requirements and does not automatically apply to State requirements for licensure or conditions of participation.
The definition of an Incident of National Significance is provided in Appendix D.
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Q: How to minify angular.js? There is a problem,i want to minify the angular.js, not my personal code but the angular library file --angular.js,
I used gulp-uglify to minify it , here is the gulp code:
gulp.task('angularjsmin', function () {
gulp.src(['lib/angular/angular.js'])
    .pipe(uglify())
    .pipe(contact("angular.min.js"))
    .pipe(gulp.dest('dist/lib/angular'));

});
It worked in morden browser , but it's unuse in IE8.
The angular version is 1.2.29, it's support IE8,
but the file "angular.min.js" which i minified is not support IE8, and when use it in IE8,the browser tell me that "Missing identify" and "angular is  undefined". Is there any other methods to minify the angular.js? How can i solve this problem?Thanks for your help.

A: Use a CDN in order to delivery common libraries like angular or jquery, you will avoid possible headache of build it yourself. If you do not have a specific reasons and advantage to do so, a CDN is the good way to go.
Some major libraries are hosted on CDN for free on very reliable servers like Google offers:
https://developers.google.com/speed/libraries/
and you can simply include the library in your code as:
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.5.7/angular.min.js"></script>
The main advantage of a CDN is an increase in the speed on which the content is delivered to the users.
Some advantages are:

*

*Lower server load.

*Increase in concurrent users on server.

*Geo-location.

*User may have already downloaded the library (cached previously in browser).

But if you really want to build yourself try reading the following tutorial:
https://docs.angularjs.org/misc/contribute


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Democratic chairman seeks to keep post
By Matt Murphy and State House News Service |
PUBLISHED: November 14, 2012 at 12:00 a.m. | UPDATED: July 12, 2019 at 12:00 a.m.
BOSTON — Democratic Party Chairman John Walsh plans to seek another term as leader of the state party, while his GOP counterpart also wants to remain in charge.
Walsh wrote a letter Monday to Democratic State Committee members asking for their support for another two-year term when Democrats gather in Springfield today for their first post-election committee meeting.
Walsh is widely credited with building a network of grassroots volunteers, donors and activists that helped drive high turnout in the 2010 and 2012 elections in which the Democrats swept contests for statewide and federal offices, including the re-election of Gov. Deval Patrick and the defeat of Brown by Senator-elect Elizabeth Warren.
Republicans emerged from the 2010 elections with 33 seats in the 160-seat House, doubling their numbers. But Democrats cut into their ranks last week and Republicans will enter the 2013-14 Legislative session with 29 House members and just four members in the 40-seat Senate.
Republican Party Chairman Robert Maginn also plans to run for re-election in January when the GOP state committee will deliberate on its future leadership, according to party spokesman Tim Buckley.
Maginn could face opposition from Republicans frustrated that their party lost ground they gained in 2010, saw Democrats take the Senate seat held by Brown, and were swept again in Congressional races.
Former Senate Minority Leader Richard Tisei, a socially moderate Republican from Wakefield, almost knocked off an incumbent but fell short to embattled Rep. John Tierney in an election that saw heavy turnout for President Barack Obama and Warren.
Maginn has kept a low profile since the elections and party aides said Tuesday he was not available.
Over the weekend, the Massachusetts Republican Assembly reissued its call for Maginn's resignation, citing "liberal infiltrators" on the Republican State Committee and saying he "repeatedly scuttled attempts to align with the National Platform, conduct fair elections, welcome new energy and allow for time-tested conservative principles to again come alive through our pool of candidates and supporters."


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Video Premiere: Oracle Hysterical's 'Helen'
Posted on April 23, 2018 by maestrobeats
by Gabriela Tedeschi
Euripides' tragedy Hecuba tells the story of the queen of Troy's descent to vengeful violence after her city is destroyed and her children are killed during the Trojan War. This ancient Greek play is the inspiration for Oracle Hysterical's new album Hecuba, the latest in a series of projects by the group that seek to breathe new life into classic literature with contemporary music.
Oracle Hysterical is comprised of five composer-performers: twins Doug (double bass, viola de gamba) and Brad Balliett (bassoons), Dylan Greene (percussion), Elliot Cole (keyboards, guitars, vocals), and Majel Connery (keyboards, vocals). Hecuba also features guest percussionist Jason Treuting on drum kit.
The first song on the new album, "Helen" gives the perspective of the woman who is said to have started the Trojan war: Helen, the wife of King Menelaus of Sparta, who eloped with Prince Paris of Troy. Connery's smooth, sultry vocals flow in long, legato lines over subdued, mournful chords and melancholy ostinatos from the bassoon, guitar, piano, and double bass. The percussion stands out in the gentle, continuous flow of sound, adding texture and intensity.
The result is a work that is quiet and subtle, but dramatic, with a beautifully bittersweet indie-rock sound. "Helen" translates the power and pain of a very old story into something that feels new and universal.
We're thrilled to premiere the video for Oracle Hysterical's new single "Helen," created by Four/Ten Media.
Learn more about the new album in our interview with bassoonist Brad Balliett.
Second Inversion: What drew you and the group to Euripides' Hecuba as an inspiration for the album?
Brad Balliett: We describe Oracle Hysterical as 'part band, part book club' because we are constantly turning to literature for inspiration. One member of the group will read something that they feel would make a great musical project, and the other members take up the suggestion and get to work on some music! In this case, Doug Balliett, who is a major fan of Greek drama, brought a passage from the Euripides play to a summer work session and we developed the song Helen together. We had such fun creating that song, and were so pleased with the results, that we embarked on a journey to set an album's worth of passages from or inspired by the play. The incredible drama and pathos of the play, along with the beauty of the language, kept us continuously engaged and inspired.
SI: "Helen" and the rest of the album prominently feature talented vocalist Majel Connery. Were the vocal lines tailored to suit her unique sound? How did the source material shape the vocal lines?
BB: Like a large portion of the music Oracle Hysterical creates, all of the songs on Hecuba were written collaboratively. For most of the songs, Majel devised her own vocal lines in working sessions with the rest of the band. A lot of times she would improvise several versions and we would decide together on the most compelling line. Sometimes we all worked together to craft a specific line based on the harmony. The timbre of Majel's voice is almost impossible to describe—something otherworldly. We are lucky to have her unique sound in our ensemble.
I think that the source material inspired us to attempt to wed an archaic, monumental sound (one that reflects the enormous distance between us and the original text) and a contemporary style (one that shows that the immediacy of the emotions of the play are still as visceral now as they were back then). This is a fine line to walk, but it was a joy to balance these feelings.
SI: Between the unique combination of instruments, the literary source material, and your rock-leaning sound, Oracle Hysterical's music can be hard to classify. How would you describe your music in general? How would you describe "Helen"?
BB: We draw from an enormous range of influences: Baroque music, Romantic music, various current pop and rock groups, the Beatles, certain kinds of world music, and so on. The result is a kind of music that is difficult to put into a single genre, which suits us just fine. Among the various titles we've heard applied to our sound, I'm a fan of 'Baroque Indie Pop.' "Helen" occupies a world that variously turns towards rock, minimalism, art song, and hyper-produced pop. Hopefully, for the listener, the genre titles fall away and the song is left as a single musical object.
Hecuba will be released May 11 on the National Sawdust label.
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The second day we got up early and hit it hard. Tried a completely new area that was full of classic sharptail habitat. Rolling hills of native grass and 10 to 20% sage mixed in with buffaloberry draws, bordered by alfalfa fields. I mean, literally the stuff sharptail hunter's dreams are made of. Rowdy would roll towards the buffaloberry draws heading towards the oh-so-familiar objectives he remembered from his time living in North Dakota. He hit all the right spots. And the only thing produced was dozen or so pheasant out of a buffaloberry and snowberry draw. With 3 or 4 hours of daylight remaining I drove 45 minutes to a new area we had not hit yet. It was actually a tip from the game warden, who checked me and chit chatted for a while before I hit BMA with Rowdy. Super nice guy and he said that it looked like nice sharptail stuff to him and so I thanked him and headed there. Upon getting there I saw that indeed it was really nice stuff. Rolling hills of native grass with deeper buffaloberry draws. Also bodered by cut wheat fields. Very nice habitat. Rowdy and I hunted it for 2 hours, covering all the likely spots birds would be without finding anything. After we had turned to hit some new habitat on the way back to the truck, I watched Rowdy drop down into a coulee. Moments later the Garmin beeped and indicated Rowdy was either on point or taking a dump. I walked the 200 yards or so to catch up with him and indeed found him locked up. 2 sharptails flushed and I shot one of them on my second shot. After reloading 2 more flushed and I shot the first one on my first shot. No more birds flushed. A small 4-bird covey. He put in 23.9 miles on the Garmin that day.
Sounds like you two made the most of your trip. Nice job with the camera, enjoyed your hunt recap and your photos. Keep em coming.
Do you use a gas stove for cooking? Bring pre-prepared meals or cook in camp? See any waterfowl while you were hunting?
AverageGuy wrote: Sounds like you two made the most of your trip. Nice job with the camera, enjoyed your hunt recap and your photos. Keep em coming.
I do bring a gas stove and cook very simple camp meals on it. One of my favorites is fresh sharptail grouse wrapped in foil with onions, potatoes, garlic, butter, rosemary and salt and pepper. Cooked over low heat. But I also did drive the 45 miles back to town one night to enjoy a nice burger with everything on it and a beer. I also bring blocks of cheese and smoked summer sausage with me for easy dinners to be washed down with a couple of beers at camp. And yes I saw enough waterfowl potholes to spark my contemplation on a return trip for Fall ducks and geese.
Eric: Know some guys up in that country right now but no word on how they're doing. Maybe Greg will post something?
Your account makes me all warm and fuzzy.
I'm going to do a drive through above Ft. Peck Res. in a couple of weeks to check in with the hunters.
Sounds like a fun trip. I'm skipping the trip to MT this year, instead heading to WY in a few weeks for ruffies, blues, waterfowl, and most importantly sage grouse. Hope to get some good pics also.
That looks like a good time! Enjoyed the pics. Good looking country!
orhunter wrote: Your account makes me all warm and fuzzy.
Oh yeah it's just so warm and fuzzy up here in North Idaho. In fact, I was just contemplating how warm and fuzzy it is up here while being charged by a large, pissed off bull moose today, grouse hunting.
I'm taking a drive up the Clearwater on the 20th. Last time through there, a moose was in the road up on top. Chased it down into MT, wouldn't leave the road.
They are like squirrels up here... but angrier and more stubborn... and they do more damage to your truck when you hit them.
orhunter wrote: I'm taking a drive up the Clearwater on the 20th. Last time through there, a moose was in the road up on top. Chased it down into MT, wouldn't leave the road.
What are you doing up that way? Fishing? Hunting?
Looks like an awesome start to the season! Keep the reports coming!
Eric: Scouting trip to line up accommodations for hunting in November. Need to get the wife unit (and me) away from the big city.
That sounds like fun Harvey, and yeah I know what you mean about needing to just get away. Keep an eye on your dogs in that Clearwater country. Lots of wolves and other critters around.
Got no dog(s).... So sad.
My wife says to me yesterday, "is there a dog going along with us?" Odd she would ask...... Don't ask me how many times I've made a drive like this with that ugly thing sitting next to me on the seat. Dang I miss that....... If we didn't have a final stop that involved other people, I'd drive over to KJ's and grab something that wants to go for a ride. Wouldn't be picky..... Have a back seat for wife unit...... Dog might like that....?
Orhunter said "got no dog(s).... So sad".
That is a tough predicament to be in this time of year I can relate to. Hopefully you have started running the traplines looking for a puppy. I found myself enduring a season without a dog. I had waited too long to get in line for what I wanted as my old dog aged. I remember explaining my predicament to Bob Farris "no bird dog equals no bird hunter"..... I leaned on my friends for periodic fixes to ease the anxiety and was grateful, but it's not the same as loading up with the dog and hunting when and where you fancy....I feel your sadness.


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Serena Williams vs Pironkova French Open tennis preview, head-to-head and predictions
A US Open rematch could be a stern test of Serena Williams's French Open aspirations despite her unbeaten record against Tsvetana Pironkova.
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For the second time in two rounds at Roland Garros, Serena Williams finds herself facing an opponent who pushed her hard at the US Open as she takes on Tsvetana Pironkova on Wednesday.
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Pironkova un-retired after three years away from the sport to make a dazzling run to the US Open quarterfinals, where she pushed Williams to the limit. Will it be another three-set battle between them on the French clay?
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Williams vs Pironkova: Head-to-head
Serena Williams has an unbeaten 5-0 record against Tsvetana Pironkova, stretching back to their first meeting – and only match on clay – at the French Open in 2007, when Williams won 5-7, 6-1, 6-1.
They played most recently at the US Open when Pironkova led by a set and a break before Williams came back to win 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.
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This French Open so far really is déjà vu all over again for three-time champion Serena Williams, who had a first-round rematch from New York with Kristie Ahn on Monday and now faces US Open quarterfinal opponent Pironkova.
Williams beat Ahn 7-5, 6-3 at the US Open, but made it a slightly more emphatic 7-6(2), 6-0 victory over her compatriot on the clay despite trailing by a break for most of a very hard-fought first set. It took the sixth seed 74 minutes to win the first set, broken in a marathon nine-deuce third game before getting back on serve in an almost-as-long six-deuce game for 4-4; it was followed by another exchange of breaks before Williams was finally able to dominate the tie-break, and lead from there. She ended the match with 11 aces, 26 winners and 36 unforced errors.
Given the way Williams's US Open campaign ended – fading physically and struggling with an Achilles injury which saw her withdraw from the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, meaning she comes into the French Open with no clay-court matches – and the very unusual conditions prevailing at Roland Garros this year, it was a very solid start to her campaign. But Pironkova will be a much bigger challenge. Where Ahn hits hard from the baseline, Pironkova adds to her very classic backhand a slice forehand which played havoc with Williams's footwork and ground game at the US Open, and a nice line in drop shots and net play.
Tsvetana Pironkova (Photo by Xinhua/Sipa USA)
We have tended to think of the Bulgarian as a grass-court specialist – she was a semifinalist at Wimbledon in 2010 and a quarterfinalist in 2011 – but she also made the quarterfinals of the French Open in 2016, another year when conditions were cold and wet in Paris, and she has a 133-102 record on clay.
But then, Pironkova kind of threw conventional wisdom to the wind when she came back at the US Open and made her first hard-court Grand Slam quarterfinal there despite having not played since Wimbledon 2017. The level of tennis she produced to beat Garbine Muguruza in the second round was dazzling and although she faded physically, which was predictable, it was not until after she had really outplayed Williams completely in the first set in New York.
If Williams wants to win this title, she needs short matches, but in this one, survival might be the name of the game. In theory these conditions should favour the American, who can power the ball through the slow courts, but then Pironkova played so well in similar conditions in 2016. Williams can't rely on the Bulgarian fading physically this time; she needs to impose herself on the match from the beginning. I think we could be looking at another lengthy match.
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Williams has not lost a US Open quarterfinal since 2007, and she has never lost to Tsvetana Pironkova. The Bulgarian lost all four previous matches against Williams, but her run this fortnight, in her first tournament after retiring in 2017 to have a child, proves that nothing is impossible.
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Serena vs Pironkova: Head-to-head
Serena Williams has won all four of her previous matches against Tsvetana Pironkova. Pironkova took sets on grass and clay, but their two most recent matches, which were also their two hard-court matches, saw Williams win all four sets: 6-2, 6-3, 7-5, 6-3.
They last played in Cincinnati in 2015.
Serena vs Pironkova: Preview
Serena Williams has been tested on her way to the quarterfinals, having to rally from a set down against Sloane Stephens before surviving a rematch with Maria Sakkari, who beat her in 'Cincinnati' less than two weeks ago.
Sakkari played very well, finding her most attacking tennis against Williams: Undeterred by letting three break points in a row slip past in the first set, or two in the second set, she clinched it in a tie-break and actually led 2-0 against a Serena who was, if not reeling, struggling to find her range on her forehand and a way through Sakkari.
Does battling her way through without being able to consistently find her best tennis bode well for Williams's chances, or mean that she's vulnerable? Time will tell, but I incline to the latter. Ultimately, she found her biggest shots when they mattered most against Sakkari, and as importantly, she didn't appear to be physically struggling through the 6-3, 6-7(6), 6-3 victory, unlike in 'Cincinnati' when she cramped in the third set.
Tsvetana Pironkova is 0-4 vs Serena Williams (PA Images)
Williams might have the physical advantage over Pironkova in the quarterfinals, because the Bulgarian definitely looked to be struggling against Alize Cornet. In fact, both women seemed to be struggling physically in a match which nevertheless contained many, many marathon rallies and lasted two hours and 53 minutes, although it would not have had Pironkova been able to serve it out when she had the opportunity in the second set. It was a tremendously watchable match, but it did leave me with the impression that Pironkova, as well as she played and has been playing, is beginning to feel the physical strain of so many matches after so long out of competition.
Apart from that factor, how do these two match up? Williams has won all their matches, and all of their sets on hard courts, although they haven't met since 2015. Pironkova has a vicious slice forehand which has been most effective on these courts, and can be a good tactic against Williams, as well as a gorgeous backhand, but she's much, much more about craft than power. Unless she produces a once-in-a-lifetime serving performance, Williams should be able to break her serve without too much trouble and I see a fairly dominant straight-sets win for the American to end the Bulgarian's memorable run.
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Q: How can Extract Class Eclipse IDE refactoring functionality be useful? I came across a refactoring functionality that looks to be useful as I learn eclipse and java. But I'm not sure how this could be useful. Is there a pattern that would benefit from this kind of refactoring? This refactoring option basically extracted out all variables into another class whose name was changed to append Data at the end.
Any examples of WHAT/WHY this kind of refactoring gives us would be really helpful.
Thank you in advance.

A: Extract Class is mostly used when a class has too many responsibilities; it is trying to do too much. It splits out the class into two individual classes and then transfers some functionality into the other class - obviously there will be a relationship between the classes because you still want all of the code to interact.
You can combine Extract Class with other refactoring patterns such as Move Method and Move Field that will move methods and fields to the other class in such a way that all of the code still works as intended.
This link has a good example of Extract Class: http://sourcemaking.com/refactoring/extract-class

A: If you had too many fields in your class and you see that this must be a extra class, you can use it.
Example:
public class Person {
    private int age;
    private String name;
    private String street;
    private int streetnumber;
}

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public class Person {
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Cabot and IFF Health to Develop Sustainable Reinforcing Additives for Rubber
BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with IFF Health and Biosciences, a leader in world-class bio-science and engineering, for the development and commercialization of sustainable reinforcing additives for rubber products. Under the terms of this MOU, Cabot and IFF will exclusively work together to accelerate the advancement of innovative solutions that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase the amount of renewable bio-based content in rubber products.
Over the last year, the two companies have been exploring the development of novel, highly sustainable rubber reinforcing additives based on the use of IFF's Nuvolve™ engineered polysaccharide. Created by enzymatic polymerization of sustainable European sugar beets, Nuvolve™ engineered polysaccharide will be used as a rubber reinforcing material to be blended with Cabot's reinforcing carbons. Under the terms of this new MOU, Cabot will lead the development and commercialization of this novel product as a complementary material to Cabot's reinforcing carbons in rubber applications, leveraging the sustainability benefits of a renewable resourced material without compromising performance and safety.
"As a leading producer of reinforcing carbons and performance rubber composites, enabling sustainability through innovation and collaboration is core to our work. We are committed to investing in technologies that advance the sustainability and performance of our products and their use," said Dr. Fred Rumpf, senior R&D director, Reinforcement Materials Segment, Cabot. "We are proud to collaborate with IFF to test and develop renewable bio-based additives as a complement to reinforcing carbons in rubber products for applications, including tires, belts, hoses, gaskets and automotive weatherstrips. This MOU aligns with our sustainability commitment and contributes to the transition to a lower carbon future."
"We are thrilled to bring our enzymatic polymerization technology to Cabot which will provide new performance opportunities with a sustainable benefit in key markets where rubber reinforcing additives are used," said Christian Lenges, venture director, IFF. "We look forward to entering the development and commercialization phase with Cabot, who will enable access to key markets for the new engineered polysaccharide materials and accelerate sustainable innovation for the future of rubber products."
"This MOU demonstrates our commitment to invest in opportunities that respond to our customer demands for increasingly sustainable products," said Bart Kalkstein, senior vice president and president, Reinforcement Materials Segment, Cabot. "We are excited about this partnership with IFF to develop new, high-performance reinforcement materials to help our customers with their sustainability objectives while also helping the planet by reducing emissions. Developing new, innovative materials and technologies are just one of the ways that we are helping in the transition to a future world with lower carbon emissions."
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From Metrosexual to Spornosexual – Two Decades of Male Deliciousness
'Metrodaddy' Mark Simpson on the evolution of male vanity
(Originally appeared in The Daily Telegraph June 10, 2015)
In a development which will probably have him running to the mirror yet again to search anxiously for lines, this year the metrosexual leaves his teens and turns twenty. How quickly your children grow up. Although it seems only yesterday, I first wrote about him in 1994 after attending an exhibition organised by GQ magazine called 'It's a Man's World'. I'd seen the future of masculinity and it was moisturised.
'Metrosexual man, the single young man with a high disposable income, living or working in the city (because that's where all the best shops are) is perhaps the most promising consumer market of the decade,' I predicted.
Two decades of increasingly out and proud – and highly lucrative – male vanity later, and the metrosexual remains the apple of consumerism's rapacious eye. In a recent report HSBC drooled all over his 'Yummy'-ness, breathlessly pointing out how mainstream metrosexuality has become.
This was of course old news to anyone with eyes to see the extremely image-conscious and product-consuming men around them – or in bed with them – frantically trying to attract our attention. Or the way that the glistening pecs and abs of Men's Health magazine have been outselling the glamor breasts of 'lad mags' for several years.
Or indeed anyone who saw the news last year that UK men now spend more on shoes than women.
Hard to believe in such a fragranced, buffed, ripped, groomed, selfie-adoring and social ME-dia saturated world as ours now is, the metrosexual had to struggle to be heard in an un-tucked 'no-homo' early 1990s. Most people were in New Lad denial about what was happening to men and why they were taking so long in the bathroom.
Just as male homosexuality was still stigmatised and partly criminalised back then, the male desire to be desired – the self-regarding heart of metrosexuality – was still scorned by many. Narcissism was still seen as 'essentially feminine'.
Or Wildean – and look what happened to him. The trials at the end of the 19th Century of Oscar Wilde, the last dandy who famously proclaimed that 'to love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance', had stamped, like a steam-powered die, a Victorian division of sexual labour over much of the 20th Century. Male vanity was at best womanish – but more likely simply passive and perverted.
The arrival of a shiny new Millennium, the abolition of the last laws discriminating against homosexuality, and the arrival of the preening dominance of celebrity culture with its Darwinian struggle to be noticed in a visual, 'branded' world finally blew away the last remnants of Victorianism.
To illustrate this I only have to mention two words: David Beckham. The working class family man England footballer who became much more globally famous for his attention-seeking haircuts, unabashed prettiness and rampant desire to be desired than for his footballing skills. Once the sarong-wearing, gay loving, cheek-sucked male model midfielder was outed in 2002 (by me again, sorry) as flamingly metrosexual, everyone suddenly 'got it'. All that Nineties denial turned into incessant Noughties chatter about metrosexuals and 'male grooming'. Often to little purpose.
In fact, the momentous nature of the masculine revolution that metrosexuality represents has been largely obscured by much of the superficial coverage it got. Metrosexuality is, in a paradox that Wilde would have relished, not skin deep. It's not about facials and manbags, guyliner and flip flops. It's not about men becoming 'girly' or 'gay'. It's about men becoming everything. To themselves. Just as women have been encouraged to do for some time.
This uptake by men of products, practises and pleasures previously ring-fenced for women and gay men is so normal now – even if we still need to be reassured with the word 'man' or 'guy' strapped on the front, like a phallic pacifier – that it's taken for granted by young men today who really have become everything. So much so that it can be really too much for the older generation of metrosexuals.
With their painstakingly pumped and chiselled bodies, muscle-enhancing tattoos, piercings, adorable beards and plunging necklines, it's eye-catchingly clear that second generation metrosexuality is less about clothes than it was for the first. Eagerly self-objectifying, second generation metrosexuality is totally tarty. Their own bodies more than clobber and product have become the ultimate accessory, fashioning them at the gym into a hot commodity – one that they share and compare in the online marketplace.
This new wave of metrosexuality has hyped the 'sexual' part and become 'spornosexual' – the pumped-up offspring of those spornographic Ronaldo and Beckham lunch-box ads where sport got into bed with porn while Mr Armani took pictures. But unlike Beckham, whose attributes were possibly artificially enhanced, today's baby Beckhams have photoshopped themselves in real life. Think Dan Osborne in a pair of glittery Speedos. (And then have a lie down.)
Glossy magazines cultivated early metrosexuality. Celebrity culture then sent it into orbit. But for today's generation social media, selfies and porn is the major vector of the male desire to be desired. They want to be wanted for their bodies more than their wardrobe. And definitely not their minds.
I suspect Wilde, who famously enjoyed feasting with panthers, would have approved. I certainly do. Even if I'm a little bit frightened too.
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This is a quote that I really like to use when things get a little tough. My dad was the first person who I'd heard that had brought up this phrase and I really liked it. It actually wasn't directed at me when I heard it, but I really loved the context he used it in.
I thought I'd put this phrase into the context of OCD in this post. So, when you have an urge to complete a compulsion or an obsession you gotta adapt and overcome. You have to adapt – change the thought process, or stop/delay the compulsion. Then you have to overcome the fear and anxiety that comes with adapting the situation. I suppose the trick is not to beat yourself up if you don't manage to both adapt and overcome. Make it a goal, so if you manage to adapt the situation, but you're not able to overcome and sit with the anxiety therefore you ending up having to complete that ritual, that's okay. Even just adapting the situation is difficult. I don't get to that point at times too. Sometimes I even back down all together, but that doesn't mean I can't do it. I thought it would be a good little guide to remember, so I thought I'd share it with you!
Great post, Ellen! You are wise beyond your years :)!


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EPSU calls for immediate action to prevent investment challenges related to the Covid-19 pandemic
(23 June 2020) In an open letter, which has received the support of 600 organisations from more than 90 countries plus European and international organisations, EPSU calls on governments and the EU to take action to prevent the wave of ISDS cases that put at risk an effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Investor-to-State Disputes (ISDS) cases are being used to challenge necessary actions taken by governments to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. This alarming development has been exposed in recent reports Cashing in on the pandemic from Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) and Pandemic profiteers from the Transnational Institute (TNI). These reports show how law firms are encouraging businesses to challenge emergency measures taken to protect people. Examples of measures challenged by ISDS include:
restrictions on business activities in order to limit the spread of the virus and protect workers
securing resources for health systems by requisitioning use of private hospital facilities
putting private healthcare providers under public control
requiring manufacturers to produce ventilators
mandating relief from mortgage payments or rent for households and businesses, and
debt restructuring.
All these measures are proving vital to address the COVID-19 pandemic and to protect life and livelihoods. The fact that they are challenged by ISDS underlines the need for a serious 'rethink' of ISDS in general and supports calls for an end to investment agreements with ISDS.
The open letter can be found here in English, French and Spanish
For a previous article on ISDS https://www.epsu.org/article/time-end-isds-please-support-alliance
2020 EPSU Collective Bargaining News July no.14
Round-up of COVID-19 bonuses
Portuguese health workers are the latest to get a bonus (50% of basic pay) for their work in working in the emergency situation created by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the Netherlands all care workers get €1000 while in Germany so far it has only been workers in eldercare who get a €1500 payment. In Belgium, some health workers are getting €300 while workers in private health and social care in Austria received €500, the same as frontline staff in Bulgaria. In the UK all care workers in Wales have received a payment of €570. In contrast to these lump sums, the COVID-19 payments for health staff
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Unions call for wider payment of COVID-19 bonuses
The OSZSP health union and doctors' union have called on the minister of health to ensure that bonus payments for working with COVID-19 patients are paid to all relevant staff across the health and social care sectors. The payments were agreed and confirmed by the minister of labour but the health minister has only contacted directly-managed teaching hospitals and a small number of other facilities to pay the allowance which ranges from 100 (3,70 EUR) to 500 (18,50 EUR) and up to 1500 CZK (EUR 55,30) an hour. The unions underline that all staff on the frontline should benefit whether
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COVID-19 benefits for health workers
The SINTAP trade union has welcomed the payment of a COVID-19 bonus for health workers who have been involved in treating infected patients. It is a lump sum worth 50% of basic pay. Workers will also get an extra day of leave for every 80 hours they have worked during the emergency and a further day of leave for every 48 hours of overtime worked during the same period. The union has, however, called for the bonus to be extended to other groups of workers. Meanwhile the SEP nurses' union has secured changes for nurses which ensure firstly that if infected with COVID-19 this is assumed to be
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